Bahama Drama March 4, 2026

My Fellow Bahamians, Let me speak plainly.

If this situation in Saudi Arabia is even partially true, it reminds us how exposed The Bahamas really is. We do not produce oil, we do not refine fuel, we import most of what we consume. When something happens in the Middle East, it does not stay there, it shows up at our pumps, in our light bills, and on our grocery shelves.

If global oil prices rise, fuel prices here will rise. When fuel rises, BPL costs rise. When shipping costs rise, food prices rise. The taxi driver feels it, the hotel worker feels it, the fisherman feels it, the small business owner feels it, the mother at the food store feels it. We are an import driven economy, so every global shock hits us directly.

And this is exactly why the Coalition of Independents policy agenda has been, and continues to be, about economic empowerment and economic independence. We have been clear that The Bahamas must reduce its vulnerability by investing in renewable energy, expanding local manufacturing and processing, supporting farmers and fishermen to produce and process goods locally, strengthening small businesses, diversifying trade partnerships, and building real national resilience. Economic sovereignty is not a slogan, it is survival.

The Progressive Liberal Party has suddenly remembered in the final hour of election season that it is the government, aggressively doing the basics as though they are major governance accomplishments. Maintenance is not transformation. Catching up at the end of a term is not leadership. The Bahamian people deserve consistent preparation, not last minute performance.

My fellow Bahamians, our Constitution, our legislation, and properly enforced policies are the backbone of our nation’s survival at this point. We are not prepared.

Remember Hurricane Dorian. We are still not prepared. We saw entire islands devastated, lives lost, families displaced, and years later we are still speaking about rebuilding and resilience. Now we are facing geopolitical instability and global economic uncertainty. The world is shifting before our eyes.

We must prepare our people. We must secure our borders. We must bring the farmers to the table. We must strengthen local production. We must stabilize our nation before the next global shock reaches our shores.

Let me close with this.

For decades, the political class has mismanaged this country’s wealth and failed to build real national reserves for the Bahamian people. When crises come, they are insulated. They have salaries, contracts, and access. They can survive catastrophic global events. The ordinary Bahamian cannot.

You feel it first. You feel it hardest.

This election is not about noise, it is about national survival. It is about preparation, protection, and progress. It is about building a Bahamas that can withstand global storms instead of being shaken by them.

We must vote for real progress. We must vote for leadership that plans ahead, secures the nation, empowers its people, and builds true economic independence.

Charlotte N. Green, National Chairman Coalition of Independents

Candidate for Carmichael

My Fellow Bahamians, Let me speak plainly.

If this situation in Saudi Arabia is even partially true, it reminds us how exposed The Bahamas really is. We do not produce oil, we do

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